Who Should Be The Next Leader?
Dr. Naveendra P. De Zoysa
New ideas, opinions and arguments about presidential election and candidates are radiating within the society. In this slight analysis, I would neither examine the theories about leadership nor provide support for any candidate. My plan is to discuss some hidden, but decisive and considerable facts about our leaders.
World leadership
In general understanding, power is the decisive fact to control the society even though there are different arguments in theories of leadership. Religious texts, philosophical ideas and political theories had also been widely accepted that, every movement of the society is decided by powerful leaders and their followers. We can identify different types of leadership styles namely, democratic, authoritarian and narcissists. From time to time leaders appeared for a short period of time i.e. four to five years or even a few decades to control or navigate the society. Some of those leaders, by themselves or their supporters or historians communicated that they can change the World or they have provided the best service for humankind.
Sometimes most dangerous killers or invaders like Alexander III of Macedon (336-323 BC) from the ancient Greek Kingdom recognized as “Great” in the present society. However, who would have imagined the situation of societies invaded and the sorrows of the people who were killed by Alexander III of Macedon. For this matter, a few centuries later Hitler would be regarded as a great leader even though today we live in a time where we can safely save and archive evidence and data compared to the days of the ancient Greek Kingdom. Nonetheless, we should note that there are some leaders, who were able to produce actual and widely accepted changes to humankind. Mahatma Gandhi applied the nonviolence concept of Lord Buddha’s’ teachings to the practical political movements as the first person to do so. He tried to solve complex political issues through nonviolence and gained nothing but a remembered name in history.Read More
